DRUMMER, PERCUSSIONIST, PRODUCER, AUTHOR, SOFTWARE DESIGNER, AUDIO ENGINEER, CLINICIAN
Drummer, Percussionist, Producer, Author, Software Designer, Audio Engineer, Clinician
ABOUT LIZ FICALORA
Liz Ficalora is a drummer, clinician, author, teacher, audio engineer, producer, songwriter, and music software designer. She has been playing the drums for 50 years.
Her honors include being a published author with Alfred Publishing, First Place Award Winning Jingle Writer for Maxwell House Coffee, Best American Album Producer and Best Contemporary Song, JP Folks Award Show 2020, and a graduate of the Berklee College of Music.
As a performer, she has extensive performance and touring experience with Stella Parton, Charlie Louvin, Billy Prine, Madame Gandhi, Walter Egan, Carnival Cruise Line, Grand Rivers Variety Shows, Sterling, Calliope's Children Steel Band, The Larry Keeton Theatre, Nashville in Harmony Choir, and the Nashville Celebration Choir.
She has played with Pam Tillis and is currently working with The Sissel/Reid Band in Nashville TN.
During all her years of performing experience, Liz created and developed a drum charting method and authored the book, “How to Write A Fast and Easy Drum Chart,” published by Alfred Publishing.
This drum charting method book is endorsed by Remo, Louie Bellson and Gary Chaffee, This method is becoming the standard that is used by professional drummers worldwide. She has been featured in Tom Tom Magazine, Drum! Magazine, Rhythm Magazine and Berklee Today.
This book is available at lizficalora.com
After the release of her book, she created and designed a new drum charting software program called Drum Chart Builder. This program is an online professional tool for drummers, songwriters, and composers to create simple and easy drum charts and is available online and at Guitar Center.
"This is my dream, to create a program that becomes the standard in drum music software"
Liz Ficalora, CEO of Drum Chart Builder.
As an educator, Liz has taught master classes on drum charting at PAS International Conference, MTSU, TSU, 5 Star Drum Shops, Guitar Center, SAE Nashville, Nashville Musicians Union and on Tom Tom Magazine Chops TV.
She is currently producing Americana and Jazz music at her music production company called Ficalora Music Productions in Nashville TN.
AUTHOR AND TEACHER
How to Write a Fast & Easy Drum Chart teaches an innovative and simple approach to drum chart writing that takes almost no time to learn. Designed for drummers, composers, and students who need drum charts for the various songs they encounter, this method won't require you to turn multiple pages and read bar after bar of music. Instead, you will see the full form of a song on one piece of paper and only need to write a few measures of drum notation to keep yourself in the groove.
MASTER CLASSES
How to Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chart.
Learn how to write a simple drum chart for working drummers.
How to Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chart for Songwriters
Learn how to communicate with your drummer.
How to Write a Drum Chart and Understand Song Form for Audio Engineers.
Learn how to chart a song to make your engineering sessions go smoothly.
CEO AND DESIGNER
Drum Chart Builder Software is an all-in one professional online application to build simple, clear and easy one page drum charts for gigs, sessions and shows. This program was designed by the author of the book “How to Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chart.”
Manage and organized charts with the built in setlist maker and take your charts with you on any mobile device.
CREATOR OF DRUM CHARTING COURSES
How to Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chart
Learn how to write a simple drum chart for gigs, shows, sessions and practice. This easy method is used by professional drummers to chart out a song fast. This course will show you how to write a chart with a simple piece of paper and a pencil.
Check it out!
How to Write a Quick Chart When You Get the Call and the Gig Starts in 2 Hours
What do you do when you get the last minute call and the gig starts in 2 hours and you have 12 songs to learn?
You use the template that is available for download once you enroll in this quick course.
4 quick lessons. 12 step fast method. 1 template for printing.
Ficalora Music Productions
The Nashville Based Music Production House and Recording Studio run by Award Winning Music Producer Liz Ficalora
Nashville Drum Coaching
96 songs to learn and the band leaves in two weeks.
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